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The suspected Islamic extremist who killed about 20 people after taking party-goers hostage inside a gay club in Orlando has been identified. Law enforcement sources have identified the shooter, who was wielding an assault rifle and a handgun, as US citizen Omar Mateen, from Port St. Lucie in Florida. The gunman, who was born to Afghan parents, was carrying a suspicious device, possibly a suicide vest, when he opened fire on the dance floor inside Pulse in the early hours of this morning.

Canada, after all, is a nation with a constitution that speaks of "order and good government", in contrast to its southern neighbour's declaration, which speaks of "liberty and the pursuit of happiness".Canada likes to present itself as a caring and just place - a place where everyone smiles all day, where everyone loves their children and small animals, where everyone is welcome and treated equally. That Canada is most certainly a myth, crafted to make Canadians feel better about themselves. But like most myths it has some truth to it. And it is hard to imagine the kind of riots...

The United American committee is currently organizing a National Rally Against Islamofascism Day to be held at venues all over the United States on 1 Feb 2006. We are organizing a rally in Spring Hill Florida from 4pm- 6pm at the corners of Northcliffe and Mariner Blvd. We welcome all to come and proudly wave the American Flag.

Anger is mounting over the latest bomb attacks by Islamic extremists in Indonesia, where yet again most of the dead have been locals and most of the damage has hit local businesses........ "Why is it only us? Why is Bali again the target of bombs?" asked I Gede Wiratha, the head of the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

For those who lost loved ones to terrorism Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Published September 11, 2005 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld is scheduled to deliver these remarks Sunday during a wreath-laying ceremony in observance of Sept. 11, 2001, at Arlington National Cemetery. Chaplain James May. Families and friends of those we are here to honor. We gather here, in this place of remembrance, to reflect on a day when terrorists--extremists--struck at the heart of a free people. A day when Americans lost mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and friends and colleagues.

If you believe John Kerry, President Bush has won all the important arguments about national security policy and strategy since September 11, and for the rest of the century. -- snip -- Apparently, it's because they don't believe what Messrs. Kerry and Edwards are saying to the American people at this stage in the campaign. Mr. Dean said it best, when asked at the Democratic convention about the similarity between Bush and Kerry positions. His response was, in effect, that no one believes what people say in party conventions to the national audience. The reason the left- leaning supporters of...

WSJ.com - Commentary Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor of the Journal. Her OpinionJournal.com column appears on Fridays.  November 2, 2000 . . . . . . Big Terrible Thing This is important at any time, but is crucial now. The next president may well be forced to shepherd us through the first nuclear event since World War II, the first terrorist attack or missile attack. "Man has never had a weapon he didn't use," Ronald Reagan said in conversation, and we have been most fortunate man has not used these weapons to kill in the past 50 years. But half...

April 6, 2002 As a tactic, terrorism often achieves its goal It's a horrible truth: Terrorists frequently get what they want Stewart Bell National Post The recent wave of Palestinian suicide bombings and their apparent success at dramatically reshaping the conflict in the Middle East has led analysts to an inescapable but unsettling conclusion: Terrorism works. The events since Sept. 11 had left the opposite impression. Osama bin Laden gained only misery from his attacks. Al-Qaeda has been severely damaged and the Taliban regime that harboured it is gone. But the Palestinians have made terror work for them, a disturbing...